Platelet Rich Plasma Versus Radio Frequency for Chronic Knee Arthritis

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Osteo Arthritis Knee; Pain, Chronic
• Interventions: Procedure: platelet rich plasma injection; Procedure: radiofrequency

• Registration Number: NCT03886142
• Lead Sponsor: Assiut University

Brief Summary

Osteoarthritis (OA) affects aged above 45 years. RF has been used for several painful conditions. There have been a few attempts to use RF current for the treatment of painful conditions of joints of the extremities. It was also used for the treatment of painful conditions of the hip joint.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-09-27
• Study First Submitted: 2019-03-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-03-20
• Study First Posted: 2019-03-22
• Primary Completion: 2019-10-30
• Study Completion: 2019-11-30
• Status Verified: 2020-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-01-15
• Last Update Posted: 2020-01-18

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 200

Inclusion Criteria

• osteoarthritis knee

Exclusion Criteria

• coaguloapthy
• patient refusal

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
intra-articular platelet rich plasma	platelet rich plasma injection	injection of platelet rich plasma in the affected joint
radiofrequency	radiofrequency	genicular nerves pulsed radiofrequency

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
pain visual analog scale	12 months	assessment of visual analog scale (VAS) VAS of zero means no pain, and 10 means sever pain

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Emad Zarief Kamel Said; 🇪🇬 Assiut, Egypt